Recognised as Colour

#E28759

#E28759
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Light salmon

#E28759 is a orange with RGB values 226, 135, 89 and HSL 20°, 70%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light salmon.

Colour values

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HEX#E28759

RGBrgb(226, 135, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.5294, 0.349

RGB percentages88.6%, 52.9%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(20.1, 70.3%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.1, 60.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 40.3%, 60.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,845,785

CSS custom property--colour: #E28759;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#1D78A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A09255no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6A658no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F6767Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light salmon · ΔE 10.7 Dark salmon · ΔE 12.8 Peru · ΔE 13.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 13.8 Coral · ΔE 17 Salmon · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourLight salmon (#FFA07A)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#59B4E2

Analogous#E2596F, #E2CB59

Triadic#59E287, #8759E2

Split complementary#59E2CB, #5970E2

Tetradic#70E259, #59B4E2, #CC59E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9E5DB

Lighter +20%#F1C6B0

Lighter +10%#EAA684

Darker −10%#DA682E

Darker −20%#B55220

Darker −30%#8A3E18

Darker −40%#5E2B11

More saturated +25%#FA7F41

Less saturated −25%#CA8F71

Channel breakdown

R226

G135

B89

Red226 (88.6%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue20.15°

Saturation (HSL)70.26%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 87 · B 59

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